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Rhythmic contemporary, also known as Rhythmic Top 40, Rhythmic CHR or rhythmic crossover, is a primarily American music-radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip hop and upbeat R&B hits.
This category contains radio stations whose playlists features a current mix of rhythmic pop, R&B/hip hop, and dance music, geared towards a young adult audience in the 12 to 49 year-old range. These are also known as rhythmic contemporary stations. For radio stations who share similar styles with this genre, go to the following article/categories:
Pages in category "Rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States" The following 161 pages are in this category, out of 161 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Rhythmic adult contemporary, often abbreviated as rhythmic AC or RAC, is an adult contemporary radio format.The format focuses primarily on rhythmic hits aimed towards an adult audience, often resembling a mixture of the classic hits and hot adult contemporary formats in practice.
The classification of urban-formatted radio stations range from the radio formats of rhythmic contemporary hit radio to Urban contemporary gospel. Though urban contemporary was the originator of the format, there have come to be many variations of the format in the last 30 years.
Contemporary hit radio (also known as CHR, contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format that is common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts.
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Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music [1] to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet storm and rock influence.